EP3115950A1 - Procédé, dispositif électronique d'utilisateur, serveur de gestion et dispositif de contrôle pour administrer des tickets restaurant - Google Patents

Procédé, dispositif électronique d'utilisateur, serveur de gestion et dispositif de contrôle pour administrer des tickets restaurant Download PDF

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EP3115950A1
EP3115950A1 EP15002000.6A EP15002000A EP3115950A1 EP 3115950 A1 EP3115950 A1 EP 3115950A1 EP 15002000 A EP15002000 A EP 15002000A EP 3115950 A1 EP3115950 A1 EP 3115950A1
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Gino Massimo HUGNOT
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  • the present invention relates to a method for managing electronic luncheon vouchers and a system arranged for implementing said management.
  • luncheon vouchers corresponding to a credit for enjoying a meal.
  • the employer assigns luncheon vouchers to each employee as function of the number of days worked by them.
  • the employee spends the luncheon voucher in an agreed upon retailer and the latter receives the money by the company that emits the luncheon voucher.
  • an employee works 22 days and he obtains the right to 22 luncheon vouchers.
  • the luncheon vouchers accumulated are given to the employee the next month.
  • the luncheon vouchers can be on paper or memorized on a magnetic card and, for using them, the employee needs to remove one by one from a collecting bock or pass the card in an electronic device used by the retailer.
  • the Applicant realizes that the known solutions do not provide a sufficient flexibility both to the employer and to the employees.
  • the main scope of the present invention is to provide a method for managing the luncheon vouchers that allows to simply and economically overcome the drawbacks of the prior art.
  • the first specific scope of the present invention is to provide a method for a more rapid and correct management of luncheon vouchers assigned to a user.
  • the inventive concept on which the present invention is based on the synergic use of a smartphone provided to an employee, a server provided to an employer and a checking device provided to a catering supplier, all of them conveniently configured to guarantee a reliable electronic management of the luncheon vouchers.
  • the present invention relates to a method for managing the luncheon vouchers wherein a user equipped with a user electronic device, a management server of an employer, a checking device of a catering supplier are provided, the method comprising a collecting phase of luncheon vouchers wherein the following steps are performed:
  • the present invention also relates to a user electronic device comprising:
  • said user electronic device can comprise a data communication device for proximity communications, preferably of the type NFC, connected to said first and second storing means and said processor.
  • Said command signal being generated by said communication device.
  • the present invention also relates to a management server comprising:
  • the present invention further relates to a checking device comprising:
  • a management system of said luncheon vouchers comprising:
  • Figure 1 shows a block diagram of operations implemented according to the present invention.
  • a user equipped with a user electronic device typically a smartphone, as referred in the following description
  • a management server of an employer typically a management server of an employer
  • a checking device typically a Point of Sale, POS of a catering supplier, for example a bar or a restaurant
  • the method according to the present invention is divided in two phases: a first collecting phase of luncheon vouchers wherein a user (corresponding to an employee) collects luncheon vouchers under pre-set rules based on the performed working days; a second consumption phase of the luncheon vouchers wherein the user enjoys a meal (or similar) consuming one or more luncheon vouchers previously accumulated.
  • a user can consume luncheon vouchers previously accumulated, in other words can't have a debt of luncheon vouchers.
  • the blocks 101 to 104 grouped with the reference 100, indicate the collecting phase of luncheon vouchers wherein the steps here-below described are performed.
  • the block 101 indicates the census and identification operations in the management server provided to the employer.
  • the census operation occurs when a first use of the system according to the present method is performed, for example when a new user is added to the list of employees of the employer or when an employee subscribes the service.
  • the census operation comprises the steps for registering completely and univocally a user.
  • the identification step allows to univocally identify the user entering in the server.
  • a record of the user is created including the access information (in the census operation); while in the identification step, the user is identified through the access information.
  • the block 102 occurs and a user, through his smartphone, inserts the attendance information related to the place of work where he's working.
  • the user registers his clock in at work.
  • the clock in/out information can be one, more than one, etc.
  • the attendance information thus the electronic clock in/out performed through the smartphone, are transmitted to the management server.
  • different ways to transmit the attendance information are foreseen, for guaranteeing the best alignment between attendance information created and stored in the smartphone and the attendance information stored in the server.
  • step 103 wherein in the management server one or more meal codes related to credit for obtaining and/or enjoying one or more meals on the basis of the attendance information are generated.
  • the calculation of meal codes for each user can be performed day-by-day.
  • a user can have luncheon vouchers obtained in the previous working days, in order to assure that he has effectively worked in the previous working days and he has effectively obtained the right to a luncheon voucher.
  • the meal code is generated after a predetermined time lag from the clock in of the working day.
  • the following embodiments are examples of the specific contract that the employer can have with the employee (thus the user). Subsequently, the block 104 occurs and the meal codes generated for the user are associated to him. In this way, a continuity between the codes already created and those under elaboration is maintained.
  • the block 104 concludes the storing step 100.
  • a user X is an employee of the company Y.
  • the server of the company Y the personal data and the attendance information of the user X are added for completing the census operation.
  • the user X can access the server by means of his smartphone for controlling the information. If the user X, for contract, needs to clock in and clock out, he can notify his presence at work clocking in by means of his smartphone and, at the end of the working day, notifies the clocking out. These information are sent to the management server of employer. If the user X has for contract the right to a meal for each worked day, the management server, on the basis of this rule, creates a meal code and associates it to the user X.
  • the user is identified.
  • This step involves the smartphone of the user that sends control information and the checking device that receives said control information and check their truthfulness.
  • said information are included in the luncheon voucher.
  • the meal code comprises an header wherein the control information are included (for example the user name and the IMEI code of the smartphone) and a payload wherein the information associated to the transaction are included, for example the number of available luncheon vouchers, the value of each luncheon voucher, etc.
  • the block 106 is reached, wherein one or more meals to be dispensed are selected, thus recovered from the remote server.
  • the transmission of these codes to the checking device can occur in different ways. For example, it can be performed by the catering supplier which inserts the type of meal requested by the user (for example a complete meal) or, similarly, it can be performed by the user through his electronic device.
  • the meal codes associated to the user are updated, according to the characteristics here-below described.
  • the attendance information comprise geo-positioning information obtained from the user's smartphone, for example through a GPS system.
  • the presence of the user is acquired even when he has a business trip, thus when he's not in the place where habitually he works. In this way, the collection of luncheon vouchers can continue also in this case.
  • a centralized management of the luncheon vouchers is foreseen in the management server of the employer. According to this solution, the following steps are performed:
  • the electronic identity of the user is checked on the management server.
  • the checking device sends the information received from the server to the management server, the server performs the check and sends a corresponding notification message to the checking device. In this way, the meal selection can be performed.
  • the updating of said codes is performed by the management server.
  • the checking device sends to the server the type of meal requested by the user, the server checks and updates the meal codes associated to the user.
  • the smartphone of the user is a device for providing the authentication credentials to the checking device. The management and elaboration of the codes is performed in the management server.
  • the management of the luncheon vouchers is split between the management server of the employer, the checking device of the provider and the user smartphone.
  • the meal codes are generated and stored in the server and transmitted to the smartphone. Consequently on the smartphone are memorized one or more meal codes besides the identify information. Therefore, the smartphone of the user communicates to the checking device the identity information and/or the meal codes (or the meal codes, depending on the selection).
  • Said communication step can occur through a command signal sent by the smartphone to the checking device, reading the code on the smartphone by means of the checking device, or communicating the code to the service supplier which digits the code on the checking device.
  • the management server is enabled for a control of the residual credits stored in the smartphone.
  • the smartphone performs the updating of the meal codes.
  • this operation is performed marking as used (for example associating a using code) the meal code transmitted to the checking device.
  • the smartphone contains three meal codes and the server contains three meal codes too.
  • the user uses a meal code through the smartphone.
  • the smartphone contains two meal codes that can be used, while the server still contains three meal codes.
  • the server verifies the consumption of meal codes associated to the user and updates his availability.
  • the meal code is memorized as a QR code, so that the user cn show his meal code displayed on the screen of his smartphone.
  • the checking device comprises image acquisition means suitable for acquiring the image of a meal code codified as a QR code.
  • the codes memorized on the smartphone are sent to the checking device through proximity communications.
  • both the smartphone and the checking device are equipped with corresponding proximity communication means.
  • the user extracts a code from those memorized on the smartphone and communicates it to the service provider which inserts it on the checking device, for example through a keyboard.
  • the present invention further relates to a user electronic device ( smartphone ) comprising:
  • Said smartphone can optionally comprise a communication device for proximity communication, in particular of the type NFC, connected to said first and second storing means and to said processor.
  • a communication device for proximity communication in particular of the type NFC, connected to said first and second storing means and to said processor.
  • Said command signal is generated by said communication device and allows to exchange information related to said one or more meal codes between said smartphone and said checking device.
  • the electronic device can be a tablet, a laptop, or a fix computer, and in any case a device comprising a system of connection to the internet network.
  • a further aspect of the present invention relates to a management server comprising:
  • Said updating step occurs when at least one of said codes is consumed by the user and it's so no reusable.
  • a further aspect of the present invention relates to a checking device comprising:
  • a further aspect of the present invention relates to a system 200 for the management of said luncheon vouchers comprising:

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EP2395469A1 (fr) * 2010-06-14 2011-12-14 Accenture Global Services Limited Système de distribution de coupons numériques
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US20100332028A1 (en) * 2007-12-28 2010-12-30 Mobilysim Radiofrequency dispensing of electronic tickets
FR2940731A1 (fr) * 2008-12-31 2010-07-02 Oberthur Technologies Procede et systeme de gestion des titres d'une pluralite d'individus appartenant a un meme groupe
EP2395469A1 (fr) * 2010-06-14 2011-12-14 Accenture Global Services Limited Système de distribution de coupons numériques
US20140122195A1 (en) * 2012-10-25 2014-05-01 Sterling Global Solutions, Inc. Systems and Methods for Tracking and Analyzing the Redemption of Promotional Content
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